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Arcadia Management Area

Breakheart Multi-use trail–Breakheart trail Loop, 5 sights

5 mi · ▲ 168 ft · 1 hr 45 min

Breakheart Multi-use trail–Breakheart trail Loop, 5 sights is a 5-mile loop in Arcadia Management Area near Lewis City, RI. It is mostly level, with 168 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 65/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi141 – 253 ft5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: River Trail 41.58784, -71.70912
Nearest town Lewis City, RI
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Breakheart Multi-use trail–Breakheart trail Loop, 5 sights

5 mi · ▲ 168 ft · 1 hr 45 min

Elevation 140–253 ft

Loop · Arcadia Management Area

Trailhead: River Trail · 41.58784, -71.70912

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:49 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Shelter Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  4. 250 ftTurn left onto Plain Road, heading W.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  6. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  7. 0.1 miBear right onto Shelter trail, heading N.
  8. 0.8 miBear right onto Breakheart trail, heading NW.
  9. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Multi-use trail connector, heading NE.
  10. 350 ftBear right onto Breakheart Multi-use trail, heading NE.
  11. 0.3 miBear right onto Breakheart trail, heading NE.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  13. 0.7 miBear left, heading S.
  14. 0.4 miTurn left onto Plain Road, heading S.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  16. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Frosty Hollow road, heading S.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right onto River Trail, heading S.
  18. 50 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/breakheart-multi-use-trail-breakheart-trail-loop-6-sights

Trail surface

71% dirt29% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:49 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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